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World in focus – best photos for July 18, 2016

JB Mauney, from North Carolina, comes off Checkered Flag during the bullriding rodeo semifinal action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta: photo by Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press via AP, 18 July 2016

Something to believe in

Budweiser, TransCanada, McDonalds

at the Victims Memorial
in front of the Promenade des Anglais
-- or the arena hoardings at
the Calgary Energy Frontier Stampede

Burnco -- Bennett Jones --

if there should ever come a later

and those in it, wishing to discover
from the trove of confusing oblique memoria
found in the midden by the shore
what had come before

and growing then curious

about what might have been believed in
once, way back when

in the strange foretime before they arrived

will have all this desperate signifying

junk

left behind by unknown departed

sentinels, us, here,

to know us by

People gather at a makeshift memorial on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on July 17, 2016, in tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack that left 84 dead. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice on France's national holiday, a news service affiliated with the jihadists said on July 16.

People gather at a makeshift memorial on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice 2016, in tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack that left 84 dead: photo by Valery Hache/AFP, 16 July 2016

Rocks and garbage mark the spot where the Nice attacker was shot along the promenade: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

#NiceAttack A heap of trash forms where deadly truck rampage ended in Nice By @ValeryHache: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 18 July 2016

#NiceAttack People walk on the Promenade des Anglais next to flowers left as a tribute to victims. By @ValeryHache: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 18 July 2016

#NiceAttack Huge crowds gather on Nice promenade for minute's silence By @ValeryHache: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 18 July 2016

Joseph Ceravolo: "My arms are heavy and I feel..."

November 3 and 11, 1987

My arms are heavy and I feel
the trucks passing at speeds

that vibrate my head as if I were

in a tank hit by artillery.

My dreams are heavy tonight and a fear

grips me like drowning

in a coastal storm.

An internal loss, an imbalance,

but I still love you.

Coming from stability to fractured dreams

as though living were without a body.

The heaviness is a specter in the chest,

a difficult breath in a smoky fire,

but I still love you.

A storm is coming. Then tonight another.

To oversleep. To knock on the door

To wear gloves in this cold.

All night long all night long

A fly still walks the table, and ice melts.

A storm is coming. The body perspires.

But I still love you.

Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988): "My arms are heavy and I feel..." (November 3 and 11, 1987), from Collected Poems, 2012

A woman lays her head on the coffin of a victim of the failed July 15 coup attempt during his funeral in Istanbul on July 17, 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday to purge the "virus" within state bodies, during a speech at the funeral of victims killed during the coup bid he blames on his enemy Fethullah Gulen.

A woman lays her head on the coffin of a victim of the failed July 15 coup attempt, at his funeral in Istanbul, Turkey: photo by Gurcan Ozturka/AFP, 18 July 2016

Brutality of Turkey's failed coup caught on phones, social media: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 18 July 2016

#TurkeyCoupAttempt A policeman points his gun toward a woman in front of the court house in Ankara #AFP by @pironic2121: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 18 July 2016

#turkeycoupattempt - Turkish police officers operate in front of the courthouse in Ankara. By @pironic2121 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 18 July 2016

#TurkeyCoupAttempt President Erdogan paid tribute to the "martyrs" of democracy by @ozannkosee @ArisMessinis: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 18 July 2016

TURKEY - Relatives mourn and pray during the funeral of fellow police officer Erol Ince in Istanbul. By @ArisMessinis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 18 July 2016

TURKEY - Relatives mourn & pray during the funeral of fellow police officer Erol Ince in Istanbul. By @ArisMessinis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 18 July 2016

Turkey demands Washington hand over Gulen, the cleric it blames for attempted coup: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 18 July 2016

Demonstration of pro-Erdogan supporters. #TurkeyCoupAttempt: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 18 July 2016 Istanbul, Türkiye

TURKEY - People walk atop a historical wall next to Turkish flags in Istanbul. By @ArisMessinis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2016

Istanbul. Funeral of victims of the #TurkeyCoupAttempt: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 17 July 2016 Istanbul, Türkiye

Erdogan breaks down in tears at funeral for coup victims in Istanbul. Photo @Kilicbil #TurkeyCoupAttempt: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 18 July 2016

Women react during the funeral of a victim of the failed July 15 coup attempt in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge the “virus” within state bodies, during a speech at the funeral of victims killed during the coup bid he blames on his enemy Fethullah Gulen.: photo by Gurcan Ozturk / AFP, 18 July 2016

A drug user raises his ink smeared hand after he surrendered to local government officials to take part in a government campaign against drugs in Tanauan Batangas, south of Manila, Philippines: photo by Erik De Castro / Reuters, 18 July 2016

The Wider Image: Inside Thailand's Klong Prem Prison

Inmates sit on the floor during an inspection visit in the long-term sentence zone inside Klong Prem high-security prison in Bangkok, Thailand: photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters, 18 July 2016

A Nepalese Hindu priest waits for devotees at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar, when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life.: photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP, 18 July 2016

People watch the flooded Jinsha River at a sightseeing platform of Tiger Leaping Gorge, in Diqing, Yunnan Province, China: photo by Reuters / Stringer / Reuters, 18 July 2016

LIVE: There's uproar at GOP convention as anti-Trump delegates protest: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 18 July 2016

LIVE: Here's the story behind the #RNCinCLE chaos: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 18 July 2016

WATCH LIVE: The #GOPconvention opens: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

'For Islamophobia, take two and call a Muslim in the morning': Satirical medicine at #RNC: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 18 July 2016

WATCH LIVE: The #GOPconvention opens: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

LIVE: We hear the pros and cons of open carry at the #RNCinCLE: image via Reuters Politics @ReutersPolitics, 18 July 2016

'Build a wall if you have to build it': Hopes for Trump's outreach to Hispanic voters: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

WATCH LIVE: The #GOPconvention opens: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

'Build a wall if you have to build it': Hopes for Trump's outreach to Hispanic voters: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

Melania Trump: From the wedding day to the RNC #RNCinCLE: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 18 July 2016

Donald and Melania Trump at the Republican National Convention Monday evening. #RNCinCLE #nytmc: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 18 July 2016

LIVE: Donald Trump introduces his wife Melania at #RNCinCLE: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 18 July 2016

"So there I was, giving the speech I wrote in front of the #RNCinCLE..." - Brian Williams #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes: image via Pin Head @PiercedSkull, 18 July 2016

Class Act! @MELANIATRUMP exemplifies how LEGAL Immigration should work. Her speech was amazing! #Respect #RNCinCLE: image via Amy Mek @AmyMek, 18 July 2016

Poised, articulate, charismatic, & worldly. Melania will b a MAGNIFICENT ambassador 2 the world. What a woman. #RNCinCLE: image via President Trump @MakingMuricaGr8, 18 July 2016

my English is... oh... how u say, please vote for my husband: a orange fish monster who holds me prisoner #RNCinCLE: image via beth loves cake, so @bourgeoisalien, 18 July 2016

"And that is why you should vote for my husband... Barack Obama." #RNCinCLE: image via Diane N. Sevenay @Diane7_A, 18 July 2016

The similarities between Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC speech & Melania Trump's #RNCinCLE. First noticed by @JarrettHill: image via Javier Panzar @jpanzar, 18 July 2016 Los Angeles, CA

Can you imagine a dumber tweet than this one? What would that even look like? #famousmelaniatrumpquotes: image via M H T @HanzalaOfficial, 18 July 2016

OH. MY. GOD. #RNCinCLE: image via Diane N. Sevenay @Diane7_A, 18 July 2016

NYT spots another bit of plagiarism ... #RNCinCLE: image via David V. Johnson Verified account @contrarianp, 18 July 2016

It just gets better ... #RNCinCLE: image via BJ Gallagher @BJ_Gallagher, 18 July 2016

The only logical explanation to what the Trumps did tonight was that they were trolling everyone.#RNCinCLE: image via Asian Jim @A_A_Ron_Rodgers, 18 July 2016

Indeed #MelaniaTrump.#RNCinCLE: image via D @Delo_Taylor, 18 July 2016

JUST IN: Melania said she wrote speech herself "with as little help as possible" #RNCinCLE: image via The Hill Verified account @thehill, 18 July 2016

I get it Melania. I want to be @MichelleObama too. But you'll never be her. RNCinCLE #CrookedMelania: image via Bobby Hall @BobbyTBD, 18 July 2016 West Hollywood, CA

"I was just enjoying some Pinot Grigio with Bo when Malia told me to go and check Twitter..." RNCinCLE: image via Gabe Ortiz @TUSK81, 18 July 2016

Um, duh. His whole campaign is PLAGIARIZED! RNCinCLE #Melania: image via Nicole Mirante @NicoleMirante, 18 July 2016

Reuters Select: Trump's real bankruptcy story, according to six bankers and lawyers involved: image via Reuters Business @ReutersBiz, 18 July 2016

Another brilliant portrait of D. #Trump by @nyrtimesphoto's Damon Winter cc @JamesEstrin @jessdimson #photojournalism: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 18 July 2016

@andrewquilty's After Enduring Freedom' will be exhibited at #visapourlimage 2016 @Agence_VU: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 18 July 2016

A soldier loyal to Shiite tribesmen, known as Houthis, stands guard during a rally in support of the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen: photo by Hani Mohammed/AP, 18 July 2016

7/18/2016 New MASSACRE 20 civilians killed and 11 injured by #Saudi Airstrikes Attack on Mokha city #Yemen @USUN: image via Rosa72 SaveYemen @Rasa171a, 18 July 2016

This was today in the capital Sanaa. Thousands of #Yemenis protesting against Saudi-led coalition war on #Yemen: image via Fatik Al-Rodaini @Fatikr, 18 July 2016

New MASSACRE: 10 civilians killed today when Saudi airstrike attacked residential area in #Yemen region of Nihm: image via Yemen Post Newspaper @YemenPostNews, 18 July 2016

#China The city of Urumqi in northwestern Xinjiang at dusk on July 18. #AFP Photo by @Patrick_Baz: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 18 July 2016

4 comments:

Lally19 July 2016 at 09:15
an overwhelming post Tom, brilliant juxtapositions and connections and contrasts...once again...
Sandra19 July 2016 at 11:21
brilliant....yes!
Maureen19 July 2016 at 17:48
I am struck, always, by Ceravolo's poems; they could not be more appropriate.
TC20 July 2016 at 01:20
Many thanks, friends.

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

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